Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nine of the 58 security vulnerabilities addressed this month earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” label, meaning they can be abused by malware or miscreants to seize remote control over PCs without any help from users.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

Then the backdoor contacts the command-and-control (C2) server to downloads and executes other malicious payloads, including the TunnelMole, malware that abuses the DNS protocol to establish a tunnel for malicious purposes, and RC2FM and RC2CL. The LoadEdge backdoor maintains persistence through the Windows registry.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Security experts have a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0 Security experts at ESET have discovered a new malware, dubbed skip-2.0, The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. malware to control Microsoft SQL Servers appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2022

The group has been active since at least 2013, the Aoqin Dragon was observed seeking initial access primarily through document exploits and the use of fake removable devices. Other techniques employed by the APT group include DLL hijacking, Themida-packed files, and DNS tunneling to evade post-compromise detection.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

The group has been active since at least 2013, ESET experts linked the group to the Gamaredon Russian APT group Gamaredon despite considers the two crews independent. They use DNS tunneling for stealthier C&C communications, and place execution guardrails on the malicious components to hide the malware from security researchers.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. ” The threat actors were observed deploying Cobalt Strike in the infected networks, along with a set of additional malware and web shells.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2023

Act I: Humble Beginnings (2008 - 2012) In the late 2000s, Malwarebytes tiptoed into the business sector with corporate licensing for its consumer anti-malware product. MEE delivered centrally deployed, administered, and monitored threat protection and malware remediation to an audience of businesses, governments, and educational institutions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Researchers also discovered that the APT group used an updated version of its ShadowPad malware. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. The update to the ShadowPad malware shows they are still developing and using it. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2018

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SecureList

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Just to clarify, the subheading isn’t a normal quote, but a message that Janicab malware attempted to decode in its newest use of YouTube dead-drop resolvers (DDRs). Janicab was first introduced in 2013 as malware able to run on MacOS and Windows operating systems. Janicab 1.2.9a. Janicab 1.1.2. The execution flow.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The Novidade exploit kit leverages cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to change the Domain Name System (DNS) settings of SOHO routers and redirect traffic from the connected devices to the IP address under the control of the attackers. The exploit kit blindly attacks the detected IP address with all its exploits. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

The OceanLotus APT group, also known as APT32 or Cobalt Kitty , is state-sponsored group that has been active since at least 2013. ” In previous attacks, OceanLotus hackers used both custom malware with commercially-available tools, like Cobalt Strike. and sends back to the C2 collected system information (i.e.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2021

Setting the “Startup” value of these registry entries to the malware’s directory of execution effectively sets the contents of that directory to execute upon system startup, ensuring persistence. This script performs the following actions: Creates the directory C:UsersPublicRun Downloads Run_02_02_02.TXT 168 on port 8888.

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Cisco Security

MAY 12, 2022

Since the rapid escalation of the conflict in 2022, security researchers and analysts have been gathering information regarding the adversarial groups, malware, techniques, and types of attacks implemented [1, 5, 6]. Some of the groups and malware related to the conflict are described in Table 1: Threat Actor. Gamaredon [7].

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

In June malware researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi spotted a new suspicious activity potentially linked to the popular APT group. The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013. The Gamaredon attacks against Ukraine don’t seem to have stopped.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Don Duncan, security engineer at NuData Security, told eSecurity Planet by email that POS systems are often dangerously easy to penetrate with malware , including the following (among many others): Dexter was discovered by Seculert (now Radware) researchers in 2012. vSkimmer malware, a successor to Dexter, dates back to 2013.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Experts at Yoroi’s Cyber Security Defence Center along with Fincantieri’s security team investigated the recently discovered Martymcfly malware attacks. command and control services of info stealers malware). DNS requests intercepted. possible usage of “ Microsoft Word 2013 ”. Background. Malicious email message.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

There are other protection mechanisms, such as Malware Defense , that can block further threats. Much of this traffic is comprised of suspicious DNS queries, which point to known or likely Command and Control sites. DNS BIND information disclosure attempts were also commonly encountered. CVE-2013-2185. CVE-2013-2134.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2019

The group was first discovered by Symantec and TrendMicro in 2015 but evidence of its activities has been dated back to 2013. Low AV detection of SFX malware. cmd” , which firstly checks for the presence of malware analysis tools. Fake document to divert attention on malware execution. Content of malicious e-mail.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Disclaimer: when referring to APT groups as Russian-speaking, Chinese-speaking or other-“speaking” languages, we refer to various artefacts used by the groups (such as malware debugging strings, comments found in scripts, etc.) On February 23, ESET published a tweet announcing new wiper malware targeting Ukraine.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

XDR (eXtended Detection and Response) Integrations At Black Hat USA 2023, Cisco Secure was the official Mobile Device Management, DNS (Domain Name Service) and Malware Analysis Provider. SCA detected 289 alerts including Suspected Port Abuse, Internal Port Scanner, New Unusual DNS Resolver,and Protocol Violation (Geographic).

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Web site in 2015 for the “Manipulaters Team,” a group of Pakistani hackers behind the dark web identity “Saim Raza,” who sells spam and malware tools and services. ” The IT network of The Manipulaters, circa 2013. Regarding phishing, whenever we receive complaint, we remove the services immediately.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

With lateral movement across a victim’s IT infrastructure, threat actors can escalate privileges, spread malware , extract data , and disrupt IT services as with ransomware attacks. SamSam Ransomware: Malware Specializing in RDP. As long as actors go undetected, the timing of attacks is on the perpetrator’s terms.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2021

Setting the “Startup” value of these registry entries to the malware’s directory of execution effectively sets the contents of that directory to execute upon system startup, ensuring persistence. This script performs the following actions: Creates the directory C:UsersPublicRun Downloads Run_02_02_02.TXT 168 on port 8888.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

To exfiltrate data and deliver next-stage malware, the attackers abuse cloud-based data storage, such as Dropbox or Yandex Disk, as well as a temporary file sharing service. The postinst script contains comments in Russian and Ukrainian, including information about improvements made to the malware, as well as statements by activists.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Phishing is a standard method of delivering malware, including ransomware. The attacker may utilize a website such as nwtools.com to look through the target organization’s DNS records. The FBI estimates that from October 2013 to February 2016, whaling attacks were attributed to $2.3 billion in losses.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

I first met Dan when he was literally saving the world; okay, at least saving the internet as we know it today by disclosing to the major ISPs in the world a flaw he’d found in the Domain Name System or DNS. With a database operating system, you’ll known in milliseconds if you’ve been attacked with malware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

Bonupdater, Helminth, Quadangent and PowRuner are some of the most sophisticated Malware attributed to OilRig and analyzed over the past few years. According to MITRE: “APT33 is a suspected Iranian threat group that has carried out operations since at least 2013. CopyKittens. Jordan, and Germany.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

In our initial report on Sunburst , we examined the method used by the malware to communicate with its C2 (command-and-control) server and the protocol used to upgrade victims for further exploitation. This campaign made use of a previously unknown malware family we dubbed FourteenHi.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This finding results in a simple “key” to encrypt all the infected victims.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Currently Trickbot is focused on penetration and distribution over the local network, providing other malware (such as Ryuk ransomware ) with access to the infected system, though that’s not the only functionality it supports. another Trickbot module or third-party malware) by hardcoded URL and executes it. aexecDll32.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

SI-LAB analyzed this malware and noticed that it does not use sophisticated techniques. Criminals used UPX packer to protect malware code written in Go and a RSA public certificate is hardcoded inside malware to encrypt all user’s target files. This finding results in a simple “key” to encrypt all the infected victims.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

After being released in 2003, he uses WiFi to commit attacks, program malware and steal credit card information. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. 1998-2007 — Max Butler — Max Butler hacks U.S. billion dollars in damages.

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